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Get some Free New Sticker Robot Mascot Stickers!

You may recall that Brittany W. Smith was one of our winners in the recent Draw a Sticker Robot campaign. She elected to print her robot up and give them away to all of you. Yessss!

If you’d like to lay your hands on some free super LIMITED EDITION Sticker Robots, all you have to do is send us an SASE. Details in our blogpost below.

And for the love of community, go show @artbybwsmith ’s page some love and check out her store here. Artist’s pages can use all the help in the new metaverse.

How to Get Your Free New Robot Mascot Stickers:

We love our new mascot and we are working directly with our friend, Brittany W Smith by printing and giving away these very limited edition Stickers Until we run out.

1. Simply Leave a comment Below

2. Then Send us an S.A.S.E. and we’ll drop some in the mail for you. (legend has it that a decorated envelope will earn bonus stickers)

 

Just leave a comment below and send us an S.A.S.E. to:

STICKER ROBOT / BRITTANY 

P.O. BOX 1189 

WOODACRE, CA 94973

 


 

What ‘s an S.A.S.E. !?

Remember getting a real letter in the mail ? An S.A.S.E is a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope. Simply send us 2 envelopes. One is addressed to us. Inside that envelope is another envelope, addressed to you, with a stamp on it.

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Order 1000 Sticker And Get 500 Free!

Offer Expired March 22nd, 2022!

ORDER 1,000 STICKERS. GET 500 FREE.

Hurry! Offer Ends March 15th!

Holy Smokes! It’s our biggest and best promo of the year.
Just order your stickers as you normally would.
We will add an extra 500 to every order of 1000.

Any Size. Any Shape. Any Number of Colors.

And there’s No Limit. Order 1,000 Custom Stickers…
Get 1,500. Order 5,000 and Get 7,500. And on and on…

And you can order as many different designs as you like too!
(white vinyl with a minimum quantity of 1000 each)

Offer also good on Reorders! And as always… Free Shipping in the U.S.


 

And as always, free shipping in the U.S. Hurry! Offer Expires March 15th

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Customer Profile: The Sticker Art of Retropilot

 

Please allow us to introduce the one and only Retropilot !

Retropilot is the project of James, a Royal Australian Air Force pilot by day (he currently flies the C-17A Globemaster. Throughout his career he has also flown the CT-4, PC-9, Hawk-127 and the F/A-18F Super Hornet.) And he’s a certified sticker magician also by day. (How does he do it?)

 

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First Class Travel. All the way.

It’s all about the details…

James is passionate about all things aircraft and has the most unparalleled attention to detail of any sticker purveyor we’ve had the pleasure to meet.

James obsesses over the customer experience… From the customized unboxing soundtrack (that plays when you scan a qr code), to the hand stamped and numbered backings, Retropilot has next leveled his sticker store to literal legend status.

hand printed, hand stamped, hand numbered, hand dated…

every last box meticulously packaged..

That Sticker Quality, Though…

silkscreen sticker detail

waterproof, weather proof, sabre proof

that thick ink… those vibrant colors… mmmm. silkscreen.

And then there are the reviews!!!

You should read the reviews. In fact, we included one for you right here.. A second family!!! Lol. It’s the absolute best.

Shop Retro

For all you flying enthusiasts, Retropilot’s store is the place sticker dreams come true. 

 Stored in a pack, sealed in a box, shipped with a personalized letter and a soundtrack. It’s such a pleasure to print for you, James!! ❤️🤖

 

You can follow Retropilot on Instagram

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“Cats Ur Vote” Stickers by Casey Weldon

Thank you!! The Vote Sticker Sale has concluded.
With your help, we generated $1280 and donated it to the ACLU to help fight voter suppression. The biggest THANK YOU to Casey Weldon and ALL of YOU for your support. You are the best sticker community!

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Once again, we teamed up with our friend, prolific kitty aficionado and talented artist Casey Weldon. We’re offering an adorable reminder to Get Out and Vote in this years election! Seriously, It’s Meow or Never!

Order as many 5 packs as you want and pass them out to ur friends.

Order now

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The Ultimate Sticker Pack!! by Artist Tyler Stout

Our friend, the highly collected poster artist Tyler Stout AKA @kolfacekilla has dropped a Sticker Pack that is so next level, we devoted an ENTIRE WEEK to showcasing it’s contents.
 
We do not say this lightly: you need this sticker pack. Printed on clear vinyl. die cut, with character bios on the back, each sticker is blind packed into sets of 5. Some are more limited than others. You never know what you might get! They all have “Banana Bucks” printed on the sticker backing, which will work as coupons, to be sent back to Tyler for unreleased goodies down the line… Oh my.
 
Without further adeu… Allow us to introduce all SIXTEEN of Tyler Stout’s amazing new “Beserk Merk” characters… Brace yourself for the Awesome.

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2020 Super Deal. 500 Free Stickers. 2 Weeks Only. EXPIRED!

Thanks Everyone!! Our 500 Free Promo is now Over.

Two Weeks Only.

July 23rd – August 6th

Woohoo!! EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST 10th at MIDNIGHT !!

 


 

WE’RE BAAACK!!!   

To celebrate the reopening of our screen printing facilities, we are launching our best promo of the year. The one we usually save ‘til the very end… 500 Freeeeeeeeee!  Yes that’s, right friends: 

Details details details….

Just order your stickers as you normally would. Every order of 1000 white vinyl, silkscreen stickers will receive 500 extra stickers for free.  Any size. Any shape.  Any number of colors. There’s No limit   Order 1,000, Get 1,500. Order 5,000, Get 7,500. Order 10,000, Get 15,000.

 


Thank You

A huge thank you to you all for sticking with us through the closures (bad pun intended).  We know times are crazy and your continued support means everything.  Now, it’s our turn to support you right back with a bunch of free stickers to stock your stores. 

And as always, free shipping in the U.S. Hurry! Offer Expires August 6th
Hurry! Offer Expires August 10th

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10 Questions with print artist Mike Mitchell

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Sticker Tutorial: Creating Custom Stickers, From Drawing to Printing (BAK)

E.T. The Endearing Tutorial, How to prepare your custom stickers for press, directed by ZombieYeti

Well, hello! I didn’t see you over there… I’m afraid you caught me fresh from the shower. I’m so embarrassed, as all I have is this small hand towel for cover… I should probably get dressed, but I’m sure you’re in a hurry, so perhaps I’ll just begin…
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They call me Zombie Yeti (Editor’s note: Remember this? Anti Monsanto NoGMO stickers). I like drawing.  I sometimes even draw things for people who give me money

I was recently approached by Bro-bot® and asked to share my extensive, elaborate,and completely scientific process on making art for a sticker. I said I would not, but instead offered to give a generalized overview of my workflow. He thought about it, and then kicked me in the groin with one of his robot wheels.* 


Prologue: Tools of the Trade:

Listen kids, you know there are many tools and many ways to make pretty pictures. So, make the pretty pictures in any way you want*. I won’t judge you!* …BUT TAKE HEED: satan has taken over the art world and requires your art be sacrificed to the digital ether in return for a continuing supply of internet porn and moderately decent AMC dramas! (Be warned! If you half ass it the AMC dramas will have episodes of ‘filler’!!!!)
Also, to get your work printed these days, you’ll need to get them into a ‘computer machine’ at some point – so there’s that…

To that end, I work primarily digital from start to finish for maximum control and expediency (read: MAKE MONEY FASTER! AS SEEN ON TV! ENLARGE YOUR ‘COCK’! etc…).

This project was created using a *gasp* Windows based computer machine (PUNK RAWK! …although I do have a mac – put the gun down…) with a Wacom Cintiq 24 HD. I use many types of software,  and pick and choose based on the process, desired output, and arbitrary roll of a 20-sided die. For this project I rolled Autodesk Sketchbook pro, Manga Studio, and Adobe Photoshop. And you can too!*

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Chapter 1: Chicken Scratching Winning Ideas

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PROtip: Originally E.T.’s space weiner was to be hanging out through the crate handle hole. True! Look closely at the rough sketch!

Question: “Mr. Zombie, can you please put some pant on?”
Answer: Great question! The idea for this sticker was a very complicated process. I had recently finished my dissertation entitled  ‘TWERK IT: Loss of Innocence in the 21st century’, and had just contracted a horrible virus from some Mexican bagged salad… It was during my 3 days of black outs and fever dreams that I decided to watch “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial”.

As I was removing one of the ‘never-ending-supply-of’ snakes that were crawling under my skin, I thought about  Elliot & E.T.’s odd ‘physical connection’ and the whole plant/flower thing.  Did you know Steven Spielberg was heard to say that the whole flower thing was a metaphor for Elliot & E.T.’s ‘loss of innocence’ after their first night together?* (Side note – Steven Spielberg originally coined the phrase ‘deflowered’!*)

So, after the fever broke and I received proper medical treatment for the snake holes in my skin – I started to sketch…

First off:

Sketching from an idea is great, but getting your idea from blindly sketching with no direction is often more rewarding!

I like to work quick and loose when I have no preconceived idea. I’ll often lay down general shapes for compositional targets to give a framed target to the play-field.

For this project, I turned on my ‘heartlight’. I reached deep into my psyche, and tried to picture an alternate take on E.T. for the 21st century…

I was picturing an aged and frail E.T. alone in an abandoned shed. Living there, tied to a milk crate removed from Elliot’s bike many years ago… Sheltered in darkness, with only a small hole in the roof for light, and a battered body of scars and bruises for companions… Living in constant fear of the inevitable returning visitor that takes shape in the form of a matured Elliot… (A superfluous side note: Elliot was in a car accident years prior that left him with a limp, a bit deranged, and super mega horny!)

…If you like where this is going, you can read more about this in my upcoming “E.T./Quantum Leap” fan-fiction cross-over novella: “I Want You to Kill Me, Ziggy”.


Chapter 2: Solidifying with Sketchbook, Bro

For sketching I use Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. I like it. It has low overhead, great responsiveness & a simple interface. It also doesn’t judge me.

First off:

I drop in my chicken skratch to a layer just so i get the general proportions and flow if there is one (in this case, I’m not so sure there is anything redeeming, but I’m respectful of my marks and don’t want to hurt their feelings).

Second:

I then make a new layer to work on. It’s here I’ll start to refine the drawing and drink liquor.

An example of the usefulness of sketchbook pro is with the milk crate in this piece. It is pretty much head on and makes for a great symmetrical element. As such, sketchbook pro has great symmetry tools and straight-line tools to help us expedite this more mechanical element.

Now, obviously, you could draw half of it and copy/flip it in the end. Of course, drawing half and seeing it all in real time is better and more natural – it allows you to gauge the full composition while also cheating like a bastard!

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Question: So how you do it, Mr. Yeti? How!? TELL ME! I’m a cheater!!!!!!

Answer: Click on the horizontal symmetry tool and in this case, the straight line tool to speed things up. Then draw lines on one half of the page and watch them magically drawn on the other!!!! VOOOOOODOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Once the main lines for the crate are in place, I’ll turn off the straight line tool and symmetry tool (just click on them icons again) and then start refining the forms.

Third: Solidify the shape and forms until you’re happy with the sketch. I will sometimes leave areas intentionally loose and decide on the refinement in the ink stage. This is a personal preference that really is a result of a personal distaste for following the rules. (PUNK RAWK!!!!)

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Chapter 3: Inking with Manga Studio

Why use manga for inks? Manga Studio has the most natural feeling ink tools of any software I’ve used. The program is robust with low overhead, so it’s great for moderate rigs as well.

Using a wacom tablet or Cintiq, the toolset and pressure sensitivity can be adjusted to a near perfect digital facsimile of pen and ink. I also recommend a felt or flex nib to give you good drag like pencil on paper. (I like drag!)

First off:

I create a new document in Manga Studio and bring the sketch in (copy/paste works fine from sketchbook pro). I then resize to my liking and take the opacity of the sketch layer down to around 20% and then create a new layer to start inking on.

Second:

For my workflow, I select the pen tool (NOT THE BRUSH TOOL) and using the sub menu (DOUBLE CLICK THE DESIRED TOOL ICON), choose a pen of my liking. I like to use ‘brush’ for broad work and ‘g’ for fine detail work. Ultimately, it’s what you’re comfortable with. My brush pen settings are pictured below.

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PROtip: don’t use the eraser tool. Instead, you can select to use any pen or brush with a transparent ink that essentially erases just like the eraser but with your comfortable and familiar settings. Another tip? You can use superglue as a substitute for contact re-wetting drops!*

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Lastly:

Once I’m finished with my inky lines, I need to get the inks out of Manga Studio and into Photoshop. Why? Just to prove I’m in control.
From the file menu, select ‘export’ and export your image in the format of your liking. I usually choose BMP – so suck on that TIFF, you cocky son of a bitch!


Chapter 4: Color with Photoshop

First off:

“Working larger and then reducing helps create and retain detail” – Steven Speilberg

I create a new CMYK document with the proper sizing I want to use. I chose to work at twice the physical size of my sticker at 300dpi (300dpi is the minimum dpi you should work with for your sticker, for best results). So, for instance, if you’re sticker is to be a 2″ x 4″ in the end, I’ll work it at 4″ x 8″.  After I’m finished with the color I will bring the file size down to match the output.

Once the document is created, I open my exported ink work from Manga Studio (in photoshop, stupid!) and drop it in a layer of the new document. You can use your line work over a new color layer and select ‘multiply’ to see through to the color, or you can go to ‘select>color range‘ and cut out your lines (I prefer this as i like to play with my line colors).

Now that the document is ready for the color, I’ll usually drop in a midtone background for a base. Often just a warm or cool grey, but for this I created a warm brownish hue (reminds me of that salad). Why? ‘Cause I can! I’M IN CONTROL!!!!!

I’ll then rough out my palette, grab a few accent colors and play on the sides to get some sort of approach.

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Second:

This admittedly is only my 3rd digital painting, so do seek out experienced folks for a digital painting tutorial. That said, I primarily use a default round brush with various opacity and flow settings. One thing that is important if you want to keep your strokes smooth like a criminal is the spacing setting of your brush. This is cpu intensive so depending on your rig, you may have to settle a bit, but if possible – turn it down to 1%.

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Third:

I always start from the middle tone and work darks first, then light, and lastly highlight. Why? No clue – personal preference? Brain wiring? Large genitalia? Probably a combination.

In this case, I select the background color to start, since it is really our base fleshtone. I’ll create a new layer and set it to multiply. I then lightly drop in shadow areas with my brush opacity at around 50% and try to – really quickly and roughly – bring out the form.

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Fourth:

“At that point you can choose to flatten color areas and continue to refine, or squash that bastard down to half size and have it refined for you” – Steven Spielberg

As I work to bring the form into focus, I often turn down the ink layer to get a gauge on the form. In this case, I have no reference to use so I’m more concerned with generalizing the light and faking some dimension than making a photographic representation of the alien mofo.

In early stages, I work using a handful of layers to experiment. I’ll work at low opacity until I’m more comfortable with the direction and then I merge the layers and begin to work more opaque.

I’ll continue to push and pull areas of light and dark until I’m relatively happy with things.

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Chapter 5: Prep That Sticker for Printing

First:

Since I decided to do a die-cut custom sticker I need to create the die line that will be used to cut the shape. It’s important to have this 1/8″ away from the artwork since it can move ever so slightly in the printing process and you don’t want to clip the artwork, now do you?

PROtip: at 300dpi : 38 pixels is the equivalent of 1/8 inch.

Knowing this, I use the ‘marquee‘  tool to create a fixed size selection of 38 x 38 pixels. I use this as a measurement tool. I move it to the furthest bits of art on all sides & drag a ruler guide to give me an idea of my safe zone for the die cut. This isn’t necessary, but can be helpful when refining your shape in the next step.

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Second:

Select your artwork, ignoring the background. From that selection, choose ‘select>expand’ and expand it by that magical number: 38px. This gives you a rough die cut outine that you can tweak in various ways to you liking. I tend to use this die cut selection to create a new layer & fill it a solid color. I can then add and subtract to it until it looks sexy.

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Third:

Once the shaping is to your liking, use your selection and ‘edit>stroke that bitch! (3px width stroke for the sake of readability at 300dpi, says me)

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…And ‘Knowing’ is Half the Battle!

Once you’re sticker art is ready to roll, place your order (with stickerobot.com, punky brewster!) and then set up camp by your mail box and wait for your stickers to arrive! Be sure to bring a bottle or can to save your bodily waste and a plenty of glue for sniffing!

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So, you want a FREE E.T. sticker?

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So, you’re a cheap bastard, eh? Boy, are you are in luck!
Obtain your free Zombie Yeti E.T. Sticker in TWO easy steps!!!!

1. Leave a snarky comment, or the title of your E.T./Quantum Leap dream novella, below!

2. Send a S.A.S.E. to:

Zombei Yeti Studios
C/O Enlargement Pills
P.O. Box 622
New Paris, IN 46553

Bonus stickers for the most embarrassing envelope art!


*LIES! LIES! LIES!

 

Batman likes E.T. Custom Shaped Stickers!
1960’s Batman Action Figure says ‘I don’t think Stephen Spielberg said those things…’

 And don’t forget to socially stalk  me (Zombie Yeti) on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and Xbox Live & PSN as ‘YourMom’!

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